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g: E 5 E s s z fiatented May 10, 1964'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. RHINEHART, OF CORAOPOLIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLY-NET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 759,470, dated May 10,1904.

Application filed September 4, 1903. Serial No. 171,899. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. RI-IINEIIART, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Coraopolis, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fly-Nets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to leather fly-nets for horses, andhas for its object the production of a net which may be made from smallpieces of leather which would otherwise be wasted in such a manner thata strong and serviceable net will result.

The invention is characterized by improvement in respect to the mannerin which the sections are cut from the stock and the manner in whichthey are joined together.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a part of a netconstructed according to invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blankslitted to produce the sections. Fig. 3, is a plan view of a sectionopened out.

The net is made by taking small pieces of leather and cutting a seriesof parallel slits therein from alternately-opposite edges thereofwithout cutting through the other edge, so that when opened out acontinuous string or section is formed. The sections are then woven orinterlocked together and attached to appropriate longitudinal stays orstrips.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the blank 1 is slitted, as at 2.The slits run parallel and start alternately from opposite edges. .Theyterminate short of the other edge, so that when the blank is opened outsidewise, as indicated at Fig. 3, a zigzag strip or string is produced,forming one section of the net. These sections are interlocked togetherin rows by weaving the strips together, engaging each other at theangles of the zigzag. where they may be fastened or fixed by stitchingor tying, as indicated at 4, or by any suitable fastening means. Thisproduces a net of diamond-shaped mesh, as indicated in Fig. 1. At 5longitudinal stays or strips of material, such as cotton or linen, areinserted, fastened at opposite,

edges to the adjacent angles of the net-sections, which serve to spacethe meshes and hold the sections in proper position.

It will be seen that the whole net may thus be constructed of smallpieces or bits of leather, since there is absolutely no waste and noeyes or the like to cut.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fly-net comprising rows of sections, each section being a zigzagstrip, produced by cutting parallel slits in a blank, alternately fromopposite edges thereof, said strips being interlaced and fastenedtogether at the angles.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. RHINEHART.

Witnesses:

L. V. Trromrson, JoY Gore.

